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I was born in a pool they made my mother stand |
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And I spat on that surgeon and his trembling hand |
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When I felt the light I was worse than bored |
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I stole the doctor's scalpel and I slit the cord |
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I was a catholic boy |
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Redeemed through pain |
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Not through joy |
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I was two months early they put me under glass |
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I screamed and cursed their children when the nurses passed |
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Was convicted of theft when I slipped from the womb |
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They led me straight from my mother to a cell in the tombs |
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I was a catholic boy |
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Redeemed through pain not through joy |
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They starved me for weeks they thought they'd teach me fear |
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I fed on cellmates' dreams it gave me fine ideas |
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When they cut me loose the time had served me well |
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I made allies in heaven I made comrades in hell |
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I was a catholic child |
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The blood ran red the blood ran wild |
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I make angels dance and drop to their knees |
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When I enter a church the feet of statues bleed |
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I understand the fate of all my enemies |
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Just like christ in the garden of gethsemane |
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I was a catholic boy |
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Redeemed through pain not through joy |
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I watched the sweetest psalm stolen by the choir |
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I dreamed of martyrs' bones hanging from a wire |
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I make a contribution I get absolution |
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I make a resolution to purify my soul |
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I was a catholic boy |
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Redeemed through pain not through joy |
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They can't touch me now |
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I got every sacrament behind me I got baptism |
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I got communion I got penance |
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I've got confirmation |
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'cause I'm a catholic child |
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The blood ran red |
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The blood ran wild! |
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Now I'm a catholic man |
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I put my tongue to the rail whenever I can |
